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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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